The Duel

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"The Duel"
Production company	Hasbro Studios, Machinima
Airdate	August 16, 2016
Written by	Eric S. Calderon, George Krstic, and F.J. DeSanto
Director	Kenji Nakamura
Animation studio	Tatsunoko Production, Scarab Studio Inc.
Watch this episode on YouTube

It's time to D-D-D-D-DUEL!

Synopsis

After a tense stare-down, Optimus Prime breaking Maxima's rifle is the trigger that sends Windblade charging at the former Autobot leader, but he easily side-steps her sword. Prime reveals that he has been tracking the Cityspeaker since receiving a transmission from Computron, but Windblade has no time for his words, and renews her furious assault. Continuing to simply dodge her attacks, without retaliating, Optimus asks why she fired upon the Council, and is met with a tirade of anger against Autobots, Decepticons, and Combiners alike.

Prime insists that his Autobots always fought for a good cause, and that he cannot allow the murder of a Council member. After another failed attack, Windblade reveals that she had not been trying to kill Starscream, and that her true agenda is to deal with the problem of the Combiners. As she powers up her turbines to blow Prime away, the Autobot finally deploys his axe, fending off the sword strike that follows and disarming Windblade.

As the Cityspeaker lies exhausted, Optimus implores her to return home so as to avoid beginning another war, but her revelation that the Council possesses the Enigma of Combination changes his tune. Acknowledging that all of Cybertron is in danger from the artifact, the Autobot leader declares that they must seek the help of the one person possessing sufficient firepower to destroy it...

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Camiens
Optimus Prime (1)	Windblade (2)

Quotes

"Why are you trying to kill Starscream?"
"I'd like to kill every ONE of you!"

—Optimus Prime and Windblade calmly discuss matters.

"I wasn't trying to kill Starscream."

—Windblade suffers from split personality disorder

Notes

• Windblade's motives and plans seem a tad... confused, as noted by the quotes above. She claims she wasn't trying to harm Starscream or the other Council members (which jibes with what we saw last episode; her aiming at the Enigma, then her shot being fouled by Optimus), yet right before, she declares that she wants to kill all those responsible for the Combiners.
• Optimus Prime's energon-axe is a faithful recreation of the version included with the second Masterpiece Optimus Prime toy.

Home video releases

All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.

Blu-ray

2017 — Transformers: The Last Knight Target Exclusive (Paramount)